Identity area

Reference code

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Date(s)

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Extent and medium

Context area

Name of creator

Administrative history

The STASEC chronological sub-series contains a type of memorandum sent by the Standing Group (SG). STASECs gave details about SG decisions or recommendations sent to the following addressees. For action, to: -the secretariat of the SG Liaison Office in London, then Paris, -the British, then French Ministry of Defence, For information purposes, to: -the Council Deputies, then the North Atlantic Council (NAC), -the Secretary General, -SACEUR or SHAPE. With the exception of STASECs produced when the SG met in Paris in 1954 and 1955 (reference STASEC(Paris) 1 to 19), all STASEC documents were produced by the SG secretariat in Washintgon.

On the cover page, the SG secretariat gave (in variable order) the originator, the addressee, the double reference (DEF-STASEC) and the date of the document, the reference of (the) previous document(s) mentioned. The (very short) messages gave the position of the SG (decision, recommendation, suggestion).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

STASEC documents are arranged in numerical order. The message is given a registration number (e.g. DEF-90779) and a reference (the acronym followed by the publication number: e.g. STASEC-818)

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

NATO publicly disclosed information is available for research and education purposes. Any commercial use requires the written permission of NATO. Please credit the NATO Archives should any documents be used for publication. Guidelines for the proper citation of NATO publicly disclosed information can be found on the NATO Archives website (http://www.nato.int/archives).

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

The STASEC chronological series was issued in English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Note

Approximately 15% of the STASECs have been preserved and digitized. The remaining documents were destroyed during the successive moves and at the time of the final transfer to the International Military Staff (IMS) Registry.